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Chun¢ wrote:That was probably a big PITA. Don't DSLRs only get like 10 minutes of video at a time?
Chun¢ wrote:That was probably a big PITA. Don't DSLRs only get like 10 minutes of video at a time?
Voldenuit wrote:http://philipbloom.co.uk/2010/05/12/redtails/George Lucas is also using 5DMkIIs as a secondary camera(s) in his latest film project, and the feedback has been positive.
SpotTheCat wrote:Basically... so what?
This doesn't mean joe schmoe can make images that good.
SpotTheCat wrote:Do we know what lenses they used?
@unikissa: Ok, seriously. Can you tell us something about the lenses you used?
GY: all the canon primes and the 24-70 and the 70-200 zoom
bobboobles wrote:ALL the Canon primes?
Wonder who they rented the 1200 from?
ludi wrote:Finally got a chance to review this one on Hulu over the weekend. While the photographic work isn't stunning in composition or color, it looks to me like they built an extremely cramped set for the void/collapse scenes and then took advantage of the 5D's size and extremely shallow DoF capabilities to get right into the actors' faces. The shallow DoF is used to force focus transitions between characters and grab their facial expressions without being over-aggressive on cut scenes or cropping.
IOW, it's a subtle effect overall, but IMO it neatly splits the difference between the traditional approaches of building scale models and splicing action into them, versus excessive computer fakery -- i.e. build a real set at a realistic scale and then manipulate a very small camera rig within it. In particular, the secondary-collapse scene has a realistically gritty feel that pure CG never captures because the particle scatter is just too detailed and perfect.
JustAnEngineer wrote:One of the creative advantages of the DSLR is actually the quality and large aperture of the Canon prime lenses and the larger image area of full-frame 35mm still photography vs. 35mm movie film (which captures 24 APS-C size images per second, rotated 90° on the 35mm film strip compared to 35mm still images). The minimum depth of field with the DSLR is shallower than the professional movie cameras allow.
ludi wrote:While the photographic work isn't stunning in composition or color, it looks to me like they built an extremely cramped set for the void/collapse scenes and then took advantage of the 5D's size and extremely shallow DoF capabilities to get right into the actors' faces.
SpotTheCat wrote:It's exactly like they use crop cameras.It's not like large budget productions use crop video cameras. They have access to the same full 35mm frame format with similar fast lenses to get shallow DoF.
Voldenuit wrote:Depending on the anamorphic lenses used, there might be similar issues with the 35mm film and the 16:9 ratio.Don't forget though that the 5D has to crop its sensor to shoot 16:9 movies, so it's somewhat smaller than 35mm FF, but still much larger than APS-C.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Voldenuit wrote:Depending on the anamorphic lenses used, there might be similar issues with the 35mm film and the 16:9 ratio.Don't forget though that the 5D has to crop its sensor to shoot 16:9 movies, so it's somewhat smaller than 35mm FF, but still much larger than APS-C.